By Tom Joyce | Center Square Contributor
(meaningful news) – A new national survey has found widespread support for requiring women to see a doctor in person before taking abortion pills.
The poll, conducted by CRC Research on behalf of the 85 Fund, found that nearly 70% of Americans support reinstating the requirement that patients receive an in-person medical evaluation before and after taking abortion pills.
The FDA required this policy for several years, before the Biden administration loosened it during the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing abortion drugs like mifepristone to be prescribed via telehealth and shipped directly to women.
According to the survey, support for reinstating the requirement spans political affiliations, with a majority of Republicans, independents and Democrats supporting the change.
Dr. Christina Francis, CEO of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, said the findings reflect what doctors see in practice.
“It is very clear that Americans support reinstating the in-person dispensing requirement for the safety of women taking mifepristone,” Francis said. “As physicians care for women and babies every day, we see that the FDA’s lax standards are having a devastating impact on women’s health and safety.”
He said patients deserve the highest standard of care to protect them from “the dangerous health risks, coercion, and abuse that online ordering and mail delivery of mifepristone leave them vulnerable to.”
The survey also shows that the issue could have political consequences. About 49% of voters said they would be less likely to support a candidate who supported allowing abortion pills to be ordered online and delivered without an in-person evaluation, including most Republicans and many independents.
Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of SBA Pro-Life America, said elected officials should take note.
Dannenfelser said, “Before the midterms, pro-life Republicans must act and speak boldly about stopping the mail-order abortion drug crisis.” “The worst option is to adopt the ‘ostrich strategy’, say nothing and hope to deal with the problem if it exists.”
He warned that “sitting on the fence doesn’t make voters any happier – it’s a sure-fire recipe for avoidable loss this November.”
The survey also found that many voters expressed security concerns. Nearly half of the respondents said they were less likely to support mail delivery of abortion pills because they have been told that some patients require emergency medical care.
David Bereit, executive director of the Life Leadership Conference, said the results show broad consensus among voters.
“A broad consensus exists about the dangers of mail-order abortion medications and the risks they pose to women’s health and safety,” Bereit said. “Most Americans, across the political spectrum, express grave concern that eliminating individual medical supervision increases the potential for complications, coercion, and undiagnosed abuse.”
He said the findings “point to a clear mandate for the FDA to act now and reinstate a commonsense in-person delivery policy.”
The Food and Drug Administration has faced calls to rethink its policies on abortion drugs, including completing a long-promised safety review.
The online survey of 1,600 likely voters across the country was conducted March 12–18. Of the 1,600 people surveyed, 48% were men and 52% were women; 33% were Republican, 34% were independent, and 32% were Democrat.
The overall margin of error in the survey is ± 2.45%.
Reprinted with permission from Center Square.
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